• Adobe After Effects

  Adviseable fps for a text based video

  Posted by Syed Iqbal on May 2, 2017 at 4:58 pm

  Hi,
  My AE project has mp3 voice over file on one layers and hundreds of text layers for the 99% of the video synced to this VO file. Like the voice over goes quickly and each text layer shows different text on screen after every few seconds or so.

  * What should be the most advisable fps I should keep in my composition?
  * What if I want to ultimately keep the mp4 output video size as lower as possible?
  * Does fps affect the final video size?

  These questions have been in my mind for quite a long time and today I decided to ask here in this forum.

  I would really appreciate your help.

  Thanks
  Syed

  Bouke Vahl replied 9 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Syed Iqbal

  May 2, 2017 at 6:56 pm

  Hi Dave,
  Thanks a lot for your response. I would like to clarify a few points though:

  1) Video is intended for web
  2) All the text layers I have in my composition have no animation whatsoever applied to them.
  3) Client’s only concern is that the text should be sharp and readable.
  4) In my setting I have one White solid layer as background with Black text layers (using Myriad Pro font) sitting on top of BG.

  Thanks again.
  Syed
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  Syed Iqbal

  May 2, 2017 at 9:04 pm

  Thanks a lot Dave. I really appreciate these additional tips from you on BG and text color.
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  Bouke Vahl

  May 4, 2017 at 10:15 am

  [Dave LaRonde] “Yes. The more frames there are every second, the larger the file size becomes.”

  Dave,
  Not really the case with a long GOP codec like H264 or WMV.
  If the image does not change (too much), the compression is VERY effective.

  hth,

  Bouke
  http://www.videotoolshed.com

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